Req ID: RQ181385

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: NACI (T1)

Job Family: Epidemiology

Skills:

Public Health,Public Health Surveillance,Surveillance

Experience:

7 + years of related experience

Job Description:

GDIT is hiring a Senior Epidemiologist to provide subject matter expertise for development and support activities of our NEDSS (National Electronic Disease Surveillance System) project with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) . For this project, we develop, maintain, and support the NBS (NEDSS Base System), a web-based disease surveillance system used by public health jurisdictions to collect and analyze disease occurrence data, as well as to report these data to the CDC.

Team members support key processes in the development and support of the NBS application using an Agile development process. Candidates must be knowledgeable in public health surveillance processes, data analytics, and informatics principles and be comfortable working in a multi-disciplinary team to address evolving priorities.

This position is remote; however, must be within commuting distance to the GDIT office in Atlanta, GA (Brookhaven) for quarterly meetings.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide subject matter expertise on business processes related to public health surveillance, investigation, and analysis activities to inform system development and support

Define and document requirements for software development and work closely with development team members to implement and test functionality

Create user documentation and training materials and conduct training on configuration and use of system to support public health jurisdictions and CDC

Provide technical assistance to support surveillance, investigation, and analysis activities in public health jurisdictions and CDC

Assist jurisdictions and CDC with integration of data from multiple data sources, including electronic laboratory reports, electronic case reports, immunization records, etc. using national standards and best practices

Identifies and analyzes business needs, conducts requirements gathering, and defines scope and objectives

Partners with business process owners and management on strategic initiatives

May be responsible for resolution of complex problems escalated by lower-level team members

May coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionals

May serve as a team or task lead

Requirements:

Master's degree in epidemiology, public health, biostatistics, statistics or health informatics

7+ years of experience in the field of public health or clinical research, preferably related to epidemiology and/or public health surveillance

Subject matter expertise in infectious disease surveillance and informatics

Experience with national coding standards (e.g. HL7, CDA, LOINC, SNOMED) and HL7 messaging

Strong skills and experience in data management and analysis using tools such as: SQL, MS Access, SAS, Epi Info or similar tools

Desired Skills and Experience:

NEDSS experience strongly preferred

Must be able to work as part of a team, as well as independently

Must grasp new concepts easily and be willing to continually learn

Must be flexible and willing to help other team members in support of project goals

Ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks and to work independently in a fast-paced environment

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

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The likely salary range for this position is $95,200 - $128,800. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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